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NITED STATES PATENT 'muoia ROB ROY MCGREGOR, OF COVINGTON, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR OF THREE- FOURTHS 'lO L. HILL, J R., JOSEPH TOWNSEND, AND CHARLES B. SIMON- TON, OF SAME PLAGE.

FAUCE-T.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,550, dated January ,9, 1883.

Application tiled July 29, 1882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Ron ROY McGREGoR, a citizen of tbe United States of America, residing at Covington, in the county of Tipton and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Faucets, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

1o My invention relates to that class of faucets which are provided with an auger or bit,where by it can be used to bore a hole in a' cask and he inserted therein; and my invention consists in certain features hereinafter described, and

i 5 specifically set forth in the claim.

Figure is an enlarged detail,Fig.2 is aside elevation, and Fig. 3 a plan view, of a faucet constructed in accordance with my invention.

Lilie letters refer to like parts in all the 2o figures.

The discharge and cut-off portions of the faucet are of usual construction. To the threaded portion of the faucetis secured, by rivets or screws t a, a bar of steel, A, curved and shaped to forni a cutting-instrument, as hereinafter described. The screws or rivets may, if desired, pass through the Abore of the faucet and through the opposite walls of the bore; but as they would tend to obstruct the 3o passage therethrough of liquids it is pret'- erable to pass the rivets or screws through only one wall. A portion ot' the rear end of the faucet is cut away, leaving a projecting tongue, b, integral with the faucet, and located inside of and (it may he) riveted or brazed or soldered to the steel bar for the purpose of strengthening the same at this point, and, furthermore, overcoming the deleterious edects of oxidization, occasionedzby most liquids upon 4o the steel, which has a tendency to weaken the szime, mostly at the point of its juncture with the faucet. Beyond the projection b the barA is shaped to a' cutting-edge, b', which is extend ed in aline with the outer surface of the rear tube of the faucet, and is then continued in an inwardly-curved direction to a point opposite the center of the bore, and thence spirally outward toward and to form a point, c. Beneath the larger coil of the cutting-edge b is formed 5o an oppositely-bent cutting-edge, d', which is coiled intermediate the coils of the cutting- (No model.)

edge b', and tapered tothe same point, c, all

of those coils of cutting-edges being constructed of one integral piece of steel bent bodily in an L shape, and adapted to be secured to the tube or rear portion ofa faucet. It will readily be seen that the faucet is thereby provided with a leading-point and cutting-edges similar to an auger, and that by simply pressing the point c against a wooden cask a'hole adapted 6o to be tightly litted by the faucet may be formed by turning the same after the manner of an auger, no unduestrain being thrown against the hit, which would tend to separatev it from the tube of the faucet, and thus the usual U form of attachment is obviated, and therefore less obstruction is offered to .the tiow of liquid' from the cask to the faucet by this construction. than in that above mentioned. The main portion of the cutting is 7o done by equal parts of the bottom ofthe L, so that the long leg which supports these cutting portions has only the smoothing function to perform, and the whole device is therefore adapted to its purpose without being attached to the faucet-tube by two or (asin some cases) more branches or legs.

The boring-bit may be adapted to wooden faucets by being formed on a ferrule having a square opening and perforated for the re- 8o ception of screws or rivets, whereby a wooden faucet may be inserted and held permanently in said ferrule, and thus be adapted for use in connection with the bit, as described in reference to the faucet shown. 85

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is f l. A faucet having connected thereto an L- shaped bar provided with cutting-edges b d', go coiled and tapered to a point, substantially as shown and described.

2. 'Ihe combination ofthe faucet, having the projection b, with the bar A, having the cutting-edges b and d', substantially as shown 95 and described.

In testimony whereofl affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROB ROY MCGREGOR.

.Witnesses Unas. R. SHELTON, J As. G. PERRY. 

